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Freitag, 30. Oktober 2015

Dear
friends,

I've
had a hellish last few days. Wednesday shortly after noon my husband
phoned me at work telling me my youngest had had a car accident.

He's
fine (apart from cuts and bruises, a sour head and an aching neck as
well as stiff shoulder-muscles) but the car's not (after overturning
twice...). So we've been quite busy, rushing in and out of hospital,
school, recovery service, insurance office, etc., etc.

After
picking up debris from the meadow where the car had been recovered
from for two hours yesterday evening (until it grew dark), and
talking to the farmer, whom the meadow belongs to, things finally
slowed down a little in the evening and I took a much needed break in
the studio. Not for long, but just long enough to finish the autumnal
tablecloth I had been making.

You've
already been able to take a peek at some of the granny squares in my
last post, but this is what I made out of them:

Samstag, 24. Oktober 2015

Hi
there!

The
sun has made herself scarce these last few days (nearly all week
actually). So it was hard to start enjoying the abundance of colours
all around. But that is the positive side of autumn, isn't it? All those
warm and brilliant shades of gold and red and green and brown...

Discovered
many of them in my Stylcraft-stash and made a few “The FlowerWithin”-grannies...

My
boys have outgrown the age in which I could talk them into a stroll
through the autumn woods, collecting leaves. It did not keep me from
strolling on my own yesterday after work (even though it was
drizzling) and I gathered plenty of leaves in all different shades.

These
pix I took yesterday late afternoon (the rain had finally gone).

Back
in the studio I intended crocheting a few more grannies (maybe for
making an autumnal table runner?), found myself starting off with a
mandala instead. It's been a while but it's still fun and this is the
autumn-version of “Lucienne's Summer Mandala”:

Montag, 19. Oktober 2015

Dear
friends,

Unhappy about the result so far I abandoned the original
plan for the blanket I've been wanting to crochet for ages. And thus I was in
need of new inspiration as well as of new yarn (Argh ... Well, not
really but you know what I mean...). By chance I came across the
“Seascape Colour Pack”. It really has this wonderful seaside-ish
feel to it and...

I
though I would rely solely on the shades to make the blanket
something special and started off with plain basic granny squares.
But then plain basic granny squares are just plain and basic, aren't
they? Where is the challenge (other that crocheting approx. 200
granny squares in total)?

So
I started off anew following the pattern of “The Flower Within”
and soon I had made the first few squares.

Thinking
it might not be overly clever to leave the blocking till I finished
all 200 grannies, I searched the internet and got some good ideas
there. Inspired I drew a draft and turned to my husband (as I had to
borrow some of his tools). Unfortunately he immediately put a stop to
my élan: “Things like that should not be rushed.” He wanted to
give it some thought...

So
I withdrew to the studio (grumpily) and went on crocheting.

Shortly
after 8 p.m. he joined me and brought this along:

The
sticks are fastened into the thicker bottom board; the lower thin
board helps moving the grannies up and down, the upper thin board
steadies the sticks.

Isn't
he marvellous?

P.S.:
I'll keep in touch!

P.S.2:
The yellowy granny is made in Stylecraft special DK Saffron – a
sunny spell between the blueish, greenish and greyish shades. And I
think I'll use Deramores's Pearl for joining and edging.

Mittwoch, 14. Oktober 2015

Dear
friends,

facebook-followers
will remember that about a month ago I started crocheting a blanket.
I've made 72 granny squares so far, using different shades. After
finishing the last 24 (and still many to go) though I knew I was not
happy with them at all.

Therefore
the granny squares remained untouched for a while. After I figured
out a new plan for the blanket, I started thinking about putting the
grannies into some kind of use.

And this is what I made out of
the grannies crocheted in Stylecraft Special DK Denim, Pale Rose,
Khaki and Gold, using Parchment for joining and edging:

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By
the time I was ready for taking pictures, yesterday's sunshine had
disappeared and the weather turned gloomy and dull. I thought it a
good idea to wait till this morning, but this is what I saw after
opening the shutters:

In
vain I waited for the sun to reappear, but she never did. I could not
want to wait much longer for taking pictures though (see why in
P.S.1)...

And
this is the granny square I crocheted. I did not follow any pattern
(you know me by now...), made it up myself, but as it's nothing
special, it'll probably be around somewhere already. I'll write the
pattern down next time, meanwhile I tried to draw the some sort of
chart (I know, it's horrible).

P.S.1:
Mum, this one is for you. Happy birthday! Hope the parcel gets to you
in time!

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English:My name is Marjan. I was born in Belgium in 1970. I moved to Germany in the early nineties for love's sake. Even though I got fairly disappointed some years later I never considered returning home as my children were born here in Germany. Fortunately I never did, since I never would have met my wonderful second husband. Read more here.